Kudzayi Bamhare
I am a working professional from Zimbabwe with diverse interests in entrepreneurship, software development, and community building. I enjoy delving into impactful work that requires problem-solving and creative thinking. My long-term goal is to use tech to help drive innovation and create opportunities for learning and wealth creation for people across the African continent.
Session
We often hear about using coding skills to create passion projects, but what does that journey really look like? In this talk, I’ll share how debates about NBA players in a group text thread evolved into ShotGeek—an open-source Django web application for tracking and comparing the statistics of current and retired NBA players. I’ll discuss the technical challenges, lessons from community contributions, and the ups and downs of managing an open-source project fueled by personal passion. This talk will highlight how shared interests can drive meaningful and joyful tech projects—and why yours could too.